A long-smoldering corruption case has reignited after the Supreme Administrative Court recently ordered the heirs of late Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej to pay 587 million baht in compensation for his role in procuring a fleet of firefighting vehicles. The 587 million baht is 30 percent of 1.95 billion baht – the difference between the equipment’s … Continue reading Bangkok’s multi-billion-baht fire truck scandal still burning after 2 decades